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EPA Proposes New Rules for GHG Permits

August 13, 2010October 18, 2016 by Environmental Leader

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed new rules to ensure that factories and power plants will be able to obtain permits to emit greenhouse gases starting next year. Earlier this year, the EPA finalized rules that require these plants and other large stationary greenhouse gas (GHG) sources to obtain GHG permits, ... Read more »

CARB Report Sets Goals for Sustainable Communities

August 12, 2010October 18, 2016 by Environmental Leader

The California Air Resources Board released a draft report on Monday that proposes ambitious targets for land use and transportation planning in 2020 and 2035 to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with passenger vehicle travel. The report divides the state into 18 “Metropolitan Planning Organizations,” including the four largest: ... Read more »

Clean Technology Industry Opposes Prop 23

August 11, 2010October 18, 2016 by Environmental Leader

Clean technology industry advocates packed the “Googleplex” Tuesday morning to voice their opposition to a California ballot proposition that would suspend a law to curb greenhouse gas emissions, reports the San Jose Mercury News. If voters roll back California’s landmark climate change bill in November, the state’s burgeoning green economy ... Read more »

EPA Sets Limits to Reduce Mercury Emissions from Cement Plants

August 10, 2010October 18, 2016 by Environmental Leader

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday issued final rules it says will protect Americans’ health by cutting emissions of mercury, particle pollution and other harmful pollutants from cement manufacturing, the third-largest source of mercury air emissions in the U.S. EPA says the rules will save lives but that ... Read more »

Climate Change Talks Backslide at Bonn

August 9, 2010October 18, 2016 by Environmental Leader

U.N. climate talks have moved backward rather than moving toward an accord later this year as some nations have balked at pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The US envoy said some countries have “walked away” from commitments made at Copenhagen last year to limit emissions. But the top U.N. ... Read more »

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